Reply With QuoteYou could work it out...
basic rule is called a 1 in 60, meaning that a 1 degree offset will have a 1 unit offset over a 60 unit distance.
By example: at a guess the oil sump is about 300mm long in the meat of it (300tdi) and I think the dipstick is near the front. Let's say it is just for a giggle. So your floor is 2.6 degrees off level, so this would equate to a 2.6mm height difference over a length of 60mm. The actual length we are interested in is only 150mm, at worst, because the fluid level will still be correct in the middle. So that's 60 x 2.5 equals 150, therefore 2.6mm x 2.5 equals... 6.5mm up or down your dipstick depending on which way the nose is pointed. The dipstick is a lot closer to the middle so the error is even smaller.
A gearbox, well, my gearbox, is filled from the side near the middle, so as long as it's not on a side slope... diffs are filled from front/back, but a diff is only very short too. Similar to above, you are looking at a few mm difference. It's not going to matter that much. I give you the numbers and how I arrive there just by way of explanation. I happen to like working stuff like that out, oddly enough.
Short version is, put oil in, drive it, oil leaks out, don't stress about a few degrees on your driveway.
Rod
Originally Posted by Old Farang
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